CPA firms account for 2 in 3 new jobs.
The nation’s tax, accounting, payroll and bookkeeping businesses added 3,100 employees in December, bringing the industry’s total headcount to 943,100, according to the latest government data obtained by CPA Trendlines. READ MORE →
Millions of “help wanted” ads surveyed and indexed.
Indexed to February 2010, the number of open “accountant” jobs has increased 64% and the number of open “CPA” jobs has declined 11%, according to data from Simply Hired, a job search engine affiliated with CPA Trendlines. The graph displays the percentage of jobs with the search terms anywhere in the job listing.
Industry grows to 926,000 employees nationwide.
The scant month-to-month increase came after a stall during the summer, resuming six months of advances from January through June, according to new and preliminary seasonally-adjusted figures from the Department of Labor.
Vault.com ranks accounting firms by “quality of life” issues.
Leading the way was Elliot Davis, which took the top spot in four categories, with WithumSmith+Brown and Deloitte each earning No. 1 rankings in three categories.
S&G Financial Services took the lead in two categories, and Armanino McKenna, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Rothstein Kass each grabbed one top spot in this year’s rankings.
Sixth month of year-over-year gains.
by Rick Telberg
Employment in the accounting and bookkeeping sector slipped by a statistically insignificant 800 jobs in August, to 922,400 people. That was barely a change from June’s 923,200-jobs level, and it represents the third straight month of declines. But it also represents the sixth month of year-over-year gains.
Survey: Staffers dismayed about job prospects and the economy.
The Accounting and Finance Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. accounting and finance workers, slips 2.1 points to 50.0 in the second quarter of 2011, according to The Mergis Group, a professional placement agency.
Three Key Trends: READ MORE →
With small, but consistent, upticks in corporate earnings, the employment outlook may be improving. And that means accounting firms should be preparing for the next talent shortage. U.S. employers rank among the tops in complaining about a shortage of the … Continued
